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Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence
Twelfth Edition| ©2021New Edition Available Kathleen Stassen Berger
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Berger makes the concepts and research that drive developmental psychology clear, compelling, and easy to grasp by relating them to the reader’s personal experiences.
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- Children separated from parents at the border
- Impact of political partisanship
- Updated research on Autism Spectrum Disorder
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- "Deaths of despair"
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- Updated research on screen time and media use among children and adolescents
- Updated research Childhood obesity and malnutrition
- New research on gender identity
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– Daniel Benkendorf, CUNY – Baruch College

Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence
Twelfth Edition| ©2021
Kathleen Stassen Berger
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Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence
Twelfth Edition| 2021
Kathleen Stassen Berger
Table of Contents
PART I The BeginningsChapter 1 The Science of Development
Chapter 2 Theories
Chapter 3 The New Genetics
Chapter 4 Prenatal Development and Birth
PART II The First Two Years
Chapter 5 The First Two Years: Biosocial Development
Chapter 6 The First Two Years: Cognitive Development
Chapter 7 The First Two Years: Psychosocial Development
PART III Early Childhood
Chapter 8 Early Childhood: Biosocial Development
Chapter 9 Early Childhood: Cognitive Development
Chapter 10 Early Childhood: Psychosocial Development
PART IV Middle Childhood
Chapter 11 Middle Childhood: Biosocial Development
Chapter 12 Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development
Chapter 13 Middle Childhood: Psychosocial Development
PART V Adolescence
Chapter 14 Adolescence: Biosocial Development
Chapter 15 Adolescence: Cognitive Development
Chapter 16 Adolescence: Psychosocial Development
EPILOGUE Emerging Adulthood

Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence
Twelfth Edition| 2021
Kathleen Stassen Berger
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Kathleen Stassen Berger

Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence
Twelfth Edition| 2021
Kathleen Stassen Berger
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